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Sustainability of Marine Invertebrates Stem Cells for Science, Industry and Biodiversity

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (6 November 2020) | Viewed by 8311

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Loriano Ballarin

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Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Interests: ascidians; innate immune responses; haemocytes; lectins; cytotoxicity; apoptosis; stem cells
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Dr. Baruch (Buki) Rinkevich

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Israel Oceanography and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Tel-Shikmona, P.O. Box 8030, Haifa 31080, Israel
Interests: stem cells; marine invertebrates; Europe; COST Action; bioactive compounds

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

There is an increasing awareness of the importance of marine/aquatic invertebrate stem cells for elucidating fundamental biological processes (such as regeneration, aging, development), and as a potential source of bioactive molecules (once stem cells are differentiated), of interest for biotech and biomedical industries. COST Action 16203 aims at helping and consolidating the European community of scientists involved in marine/aquatic invertebrate stem cell, as well as to foster, at the European level, the knowledge of the biology and the sustainability of marine/aquatic invertebrates’ stem cells in order to build innovative ideas relevant to various disciplines and for a proliferative industry with novel products.

Here we are working with Sustainability and readers to share these European COST Action ideas and discuss results at the European level and beyond. Within this journal, this new Special Issue, entitled “Sustainability of Marine Invertebrate Stem Cells for Science, Industry and Biodiversity” will be available for hosting Action papers/overviews. In this new opportunity, we offer a podium for the presentation of the interface between basic research, various types of stakeholders, and industry.

Dr. Loriano Ballarin
Dr. Baruch Rinkevich
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • marine/aquatic invertebrate stem cells
  • bioactive molecules

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Concept Paper
Maristem—Stem Cells of Marine/Aquatic Invertebrates: From Basic Research to Innovative Applications
by Loriano Ballarin, Baruch Rinkevich, Kerstin Bartscherer, Artur Burzynski, Sebastien Cambier, Matteo Cammarata, Isabelle Domart-Coulon, Damjana Drobne, Juanma Encinas, Uri Frank, Anne-Marie Geneviere, Bert Hobmayer, Helike Löhelaid, Daniel Lyons, Pedro Martinez, Paola Oliveri, Lorena Peric, Stefano Piraino, Andreja Ramšak, Sebastian Rakers, Fabian Rentzsch, Amalia Rosner, Tiago Henriques Da Silva, Ildiko Somorjai, Sherif Suleiman and Ana Varela Coelhoadd Show full author list remove Hide full author list
Sustainability 2018, 10(2), 526; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10020526 - 15 Feb 2018
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The “stem cells” discipline represents one of the most dynamic areas in biomedicine. While adult marine/aquatic invertebrate stem cell (MISC) biology is of prime research and medical interest, studies on stem cells from organisms outside the classical vertebrate (e.g., human, mouse, and zebrafish) [...] Read more.
The “stem cells” discipline represents one of the most dynamic areas in biomedicine. While adult marine/aquatic invertebrate stem cell (MISC) biology is of prime research and medical interest, studies on stem cells from organisms outside the classical vertebrate (e.g., human, mouse, and zebrafish) and invertebrate (e.g., Drosophila, Caenorhabditis) models have not been pursued vigorously. Marine/aquatic invertebrates constitute the largest biodiversity and the widest phylogenetic radiation on Earth, from morphologically simple organisms (e.g., sponges, cnidarians), to the more complex mollusks, crustaceans, echinoderms, and protochordates. These organisms contain a kaleidoscope of MISC-types that allow the production of a large number of novel bioactive-molecules, many of which are of significant potential interest for human health. MISCs further participate in aging and regeneration phenomena, including whole-body regeneration. For years, the European MISC-community has been highly fragmented and has established scarce ties with biomedical industries in an attempt to harness MISCs for human welfare. Thus, it is important to (i) consolidate the European community of researchers working on MISCs; (ii) promote and coordinate European research on MISC biology; (iii) stimulate young researchers to embark on research in MISC-biology; (iv) develop, validate, and share novel MISC tools and methodologies; (v) establish the MISC discipline as a forefront interest of biomedical disciplines, including nanobiomedicine; and (vi) establish collaborations with industries to exploit MISCs as sources of bioactive molecules. In order to fill the recognized gaps, the EC-COST Action 16203 “MARISTEM” has recently been launched. At its initial stage, the consortium unites 26 scientists from EC countries, Cooperating countries, and Near Neighbor Countries. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability of Marine Invertebrates Stem Cells for Science, Industry and Biodiversity)
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